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On January 25, 2022, Sapphire Man assembled for the very first time after the band members discovered a drum set conveniently located in the basement of a Northwestern University dorm hall. With Sam Marshall and Zeki Hirsch on guitars and vocals, Liam Warlick on bass, and Leo McKenna playing the mysterious drums without permission, the quartet was so impressed by their scrappy covers of Velvet Underground and Stooges songs that they decided to continue making music together and bring rock music to Evanston’s collegiate masses.
Having named themselves after a 13th-century illumination depicting Hildegard of Bingen’s vision of the Trinity, Sapphire Man started exploring a musical world where distortion goes hand in hand with harmony. The music written by Marshall and Hirsch is heavily informed by the fuzzed-out rage of early indie rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and Hüsker Dü, but also by the atmospheric melancholy of Joy Division and Wire, as well as the lyrical introspection of Elliott Smith and Gram Parsons. The band’s debut album — Down and Out — was recorded at NU’s Louis Hall in May of 2023 and features five songs by Marshall, four by Hirsch, and a sludge-infused rendition of Hüsker Dü’s Statues. Is it punk, pop, or psychedelia? Sapphire Man says yes.
Having named themselves after a 13th-century illumination depicting Hildegard of Bingen’s vision of the Trinity, Sapphire Man started exploring a musical world where distortion goes hand in hand with harmony. The music written by Marshall and Hirsch is heavily informed by the fuzzed-out rage of early indie rockers like Dinosaur Jr. and Hüsker Dü, but also by the atmospheric melancholy of Joy Division and Wire, as well as the lyrical introspection of Elliott Smith and Gram Parsons. The band’s debut album — Down and Out — was recorded at NU’s Louis Hall in May of 2023 and features five songs by Marshall, four by Hirsch, and a sludge-infused rendition of Hüsker Dü’s Statues. Is it punk, pop, or psychedelia? Sapphire Man says yes.
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